I will present a brief history of fish processing along the
Pacific Coast of California and Oregon, and recollect some childhood memories of “laying about” in fish houses
and fishing boats in my “home port” of Fort Br ...

The history of our fishing industry gives us insights into the ‘megatrends’ and socioeconomic forces that
will shape our future, and also provides us tools for addressing the problems of the present. The future will be ...

Dungeness crab stocks are healthy, with naturally occurring fluctuations in abundance. The fishing method is targeted and
gear is selective. Bycatch mortality is minimal to non-existent. The issues facing this industry ...

Trolling (the use of lures behind a moving boat) for salmon has probably been practiced for thousands of years with oars and
sails. But it was not until the advent of reliable gasoline engines and increased regulations ...

Schoning, Robert W.(International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, 2001)

As background, at the national level, for many years the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries concentrated on exploratory
fishing, gear development, food science, catch statistics, scientific research, and marketing, and ...

It is impossible to place a date on the beginning of fishery research. It no doubt existed in a primitive way among the
earliest civilizations. For practical reasons, the scope of this paper is limited to the four count ...

West Coast fishery management is a product of its context, incentives, and history. The context is both regional and national.
Incentives have encouraged investment and growth. The history is a progression of enclosure, ...

Wiegardt Brothers is the oldest family business to continuously harvest oysters in the US, in operation since the 1970s. We
are oyster growers, or aquaculturists.
The west coast oyster industry was founded on the nativ ...